Deputy Sheriff Robert Berwick of the New York County Sheriff's Office was tragically killed on June 29, 1797, in Manhattan, New York. The incident occurred while he was attempting to serve a writ on a subject near St. Paul's Church on Broadway. As Deputy Berwick escorted the prisoner to jail, the man suddenly pulled out a pistol and shot him in the chest. The assailant then fled towards Barclay Street, where he handed two pistols to another citizen who had come out of his house upon hearing the
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